How we work
What we do before we list an add-on or publish a guide, what our tests do not cover, and who pays for this site.
How we choose add-ons
We start from what people use: official add-ons from the AI companies and other software makers, and popular open-source projects. Before we test one, we check three things:
- The project is still looked after: the code is public and not archived.
- It has a clear open-source licence, so you know what you may do with it.
- It does not scrape social networks or help attack systems that are not yours.
Then we pick the few that matter most for each kind of work. Those are the must-haves, ranked from most useful to least.
What our test does
We install every add-on on a clean test system: an empty computer in a container, with no accounts, no keys and no access to our own files. We run the install steps from the project's own instructions and check that it starts. Each add-on page says exactly what we ran and what happened, with the date.
What our test does not cover
- We have not yet used the add-ons in a real AI session on real work. Each page says so.
- When an add-on needs an account or a key, we did not use one. Those add-ons are marked “partly tested”.
- We do not review all of an add-on's code. We write down the risks we found, in plain words.
- Add-ons change after we test them. The test date on each page tells you how fresh the result is.
How we check guides and news
Every guide is written from the official documentation of the assistant. On the day we write or update a guide, we open each official page again. The guide shows that date and lists the official pages it is based on.
News items in Updates are checked against the primary source, such as the release notes or the company's own announcement, before we write them in our own words.
Who pays for this site
- We are not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI or Google.
- We do not sell AI plans. You pay the AI company directly.
- Add-on makers do not pay to be listed or ranked.
- In the future we may link to hosting providers with an affiliate link. Such links will always be marked. There are none on the site today.
- The Superpowers Pack, when it is ready, is our paid product, and every skill written by 0exp is inside it. The guides, the must-haves and the catalog of add-ons made by others stay free.